THE CROSS

Okay so I have a 4 year old son whom I love dearly, but like any other 4 year old child we all know that they love to get into things, an tear things up an get into messes that us parents have to end cleaning up, well there was this one paticular day I was getting dressed an I didn't hear my son he was real silent, usually that silence means trouble espically for any 4 year old, well so I hear my dad say "uh o" an so I run in the room an well my son cut his hair,an the first thing he says is "mama don't be mad" well my first reaction was to WHOOP HIS BUTT!! I was furious with him I couldn't even look at him, but before I could get all crazy, God said that's you Denicia there's times when your silent an I don't hear from you an I know its trouble I know you've gotten yourself far from me or into somthing that you shouldn't be in an I have to always end up cleaning up your mess but do I get angry with you, do I want to whoop your behind every time you slip up an make a mistake ..instead I reach my arms out an tell you its alright we will get thru this together an I take your hand, so before you think about lashing out on your son think about how many times I've gotten you out of situations that seemed hopeless an instead of me getting angry with you with love I reached out an took your hand; I stood there saying but God he cut his hair! If God was to go by but she did or he did there would be no forgiveness, so I turned my boiling point down an took my sons hand an said " its okay baby we will get through this together" an he said mama you not mad an I said no baby its okay your hair will grow back but you just can't do that again cause you could hurt yourself, an he looked at me an hugged me an smiled an said" I love you mama"...that's the same love God gives us he let's us know we can't do those things cause were going to just keep hurting ourselves...so I guess that leaves me with ..w hat things make you easily angry, think about those things an then think about the CROSS.